You can spread your food farther if you can get your family to eat leftovers. It saves you money and time. You can make it fun, here's how;

Have a Leftover Restaurant Night. Make a Menu in a program like Publisher or Word that you can easily change depending on what is in your refrigerator. When you find you have a few options that could feed everyone, declare it restaurant night. Dress up the table a little bit, maybe use the fancy napkins that you can throw in the wash later. Print out the a menu and let them choose what they want. Then serve them like an official maître d', towel hung over arm and all. Payments are made in kisses and hugs, dishes that you worked harder on earlier in the week require more affection!